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S&P 500 Financials Sector Earnings Preview: Q3 2025
Explore key Financials sector trends in the FactSet earnings report, including double-digit growth and insights on Consumer Finance and Insurance industries.| insight.factset.com
Stewart Johnson is an Associate Director for Deep Sector Content at FactSet. In this role, he guides the development of FactSet’s insurance product with a focus on enhancing data and analytics to evaluate the performance of investment, underwriting, and premium-related functions of insurance companies. Prior to FactSet, he spent over 30 years at sell- and buy-side firms. He was most recently the economist and portfolio manager for two financial sector hedge funds, and he held positions with...| insight.factset.com
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U.S. M&A deal activity increased in September, going up 11.2% with 1,146 announcements compared to 1,031 in August. Aggregate M&A spending increased as well. In September 41.8% more was spent on deals compared to August.| FactSet Insight
A number of the companies in the “Magnificent 7” have been top contributors to year-over-year earnings growth for the S&P 500 in recent quarters. How many companies in the “Magnificent 7” are expected to be among the top five contributors to earnings growth for the S&P 500 for the third quarter?| FactSet Insight
At this early stage, the third quarter earnings season for the S&P 500 is off to a mixed start relative to analyst expectations. While the percentage of S&P 500 companies reporting positive earnings surprises is above recent averages, the magnitude of earnings surprises is below recent averages. Overall, the index is reporting higher earnings for the third quarter today relative to the end of last week and relative the end of the quarter. The index is also reporting year-over-year earnings gr...| FactSet Insight
Luke Giffen contributed to this article As renewable generation buildout has accelerated over the last 15 years, critics have often highlighted the problems arising from renewable generation’s output varying throughout the day. Natural gas has historically filled this generation gap since the shale revolution due to its ability to ramp quickly, but battery energy storage systems (BESS) have been becoming more popular since the start of the 2020s. In fact, BESS capacity is anticipated to gro...| FactSet Insight
When comparing two sets of data in private markets—whether divided by styles, geographies, or vintages—we often highlight the contrast between the two, or how they diverge in different market environments. However, it can also be insightful when two investment styles closely track each other over long stretches of time, as is the case in this month’s article looking at credit and real estate markets.| FactSet Insight
For financial advisors to serve their target-market clients and grow, they need to run efficient practices and bring in new assets. That is increasingly challenging in today’s wealth management environment, as the largest wealth firms and the most sophisticated RIAs face the headwinds of rising client expectations, fee pressure, increased competition, and scarcity of staff.| FactSet Insight
With the Q3 earnings season for the S&P 500 starting next week, what are analysts expecting for earnings for the Energy and Utilities sectors?| FactSet Insight
The one question I have received regularly since President Trump issued his executive order titled “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors” on August 7, 2025, is what happens next.| FactSet Insight
The estimated earnings growth rate for the S&P 500 for the third quarter is 8.0%, which would mark the 9th consecutive quarter of (year-over-year) earnings growth reported by the index. Given that most S&P 500 companies report actual earnings above estimates, what is the likelihood the index will report earnings growth of 8.0% for the quarter?| FactSet Insight
Explore key Financials sector trends in the FactSet earnings report, including double-digit growth and insights on Consumer Finance and Insurance industries.| insight.factset.com
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Plans for expanding Canadian pipeline capacity have been in the headlines recently as production in the country continues to increase.| insight.factset.com
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Evaluating risk and leveraging supply chain data are essential for understanding the financial impact of ongoing trade tensions.| insight.factset.com
Get the latest analysis in the FactSet earnings report. The Q3 bottom-up EPS estimate increased by 0.1% (to $67.40 from $67.32) from June 30 to July 31.| insight.factset.com
Learn what’s behind the rapid growth of privatized investing and the key trends shaping markets. Discover how FactSet supports private-market analysis.| insight.factset.com
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This FactSet S&P 500 earnings report highlights the mixed results so far in the second quarter earnings season. Stay updated on the key trends.| insight.factset.com
The ongoing trade war between the U.S. and Canada has revealed, among other things, how reliant the Northeast U.S. is on Canadian power and electricity.| insight.factset.com
Energy | Join your peers in reading the latest perspectives and insights from FactSet experts across topics that matter to you.| insight.factset.com
This Insight examines how volatile natural gas prices affect coal-to-gas and gas-to-coal switching and why that dynamic has been shifting in the U.S.| insight.factset.com
This Insight discusses how recent oil-price weakness may not delay Guyana oil project FIDs, as ExxonMobil has made FID in this kind of environment before.| insight.factset.com
Utilizing data from BTU Analytics, this Insight explores incremental natural gas demand associated with new blue hydrogen projects in the U.S.| insight.factset.com
Recent developments are breathing new life into the potential for Northeast gas pipelines, as companies seek to expand capacity out of the region once more| insight.factset.com
Several proposed LNG projects have made progress over the last few months largely due to a recent executive order and the removal of regulatory barriers.| insight.factset.com
Several ISOs are targeting higher-voltage transmission line buildout to meet rising load and combat congestion along existing transmission pathways.| insight.factset.com
Data centers and load growth were a throughline for 2024 power markets, with grid operators targeting natural gas as the desired fuel to meet future demand| insight.factset.com
This article looks at the Constellation-Calpine acquisition, specifically the deal's market implications regarding market positioning and market control.| insight.factset.com
